Re: [Nmh-workers] Suggested new switches for sortm: -recon and --norecon

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi David,

> > sort(1) has this functionality.  It's -c for check.  -check?  Don't
> > see why we should deviate.
> 
> sortm already has a -check, for a slightly different purpose.  It was
> recently added, though, so maybe its meaning could be changed?

Ah, OK.

    sortm always issues a warning for each message that is missing a
    "Date:" field, has a "Date:" field that cannot be parsed, or has a
    format error in any header field.  With the -check switch, sortm
    inhibits all modifications to the folder if there are any such
    messages, and exits with non-zero status.  With the default of
    -nocheck, sortm sorts messages with a missing or invalid "Date:"
    field using their file modification times.

-wantdate?

Cheers, Ralph.